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Does the choice of therapy (surgery, thrombolysis, interventional techniques) affect mortality in patients with free-floating right heart thrombi?
Does the choice of therapy (surgery, thrombolysis, interventional techniques) affect mortality in patients with free-floating right heart thrombi?
In patients with free-floating right heart thrombi, mortality is high (44.7%) and does not appear to be significantly affected by the choice of therapy.
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Mortality in free-floating right heart thrombi remains high irrespective of therapy; leaves open optimal management pending prospective trials.
Chartier et al. (1999) studied this question.
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